Skytrain Still in Master Plan

• Proeksa Meas
• 31 December 2015
• Construction Focus
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JICA presented a transport master plan in a seminar on 6 August, emphasising using rail transit to ease traffic congestion in the capital.

One aspect of the plan, developed in consultation with the government, is a rail line from Phnom Penh International Airport to the city centre.

City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche told CPM that an Automated Guideway Transit system (AGT or Skytrain) remained part of the capital’s plan until 2035.

“According to the study, an AGT fits with a city like Phnom Penh,” he said. “We have proposed three primary routes, but haven’t decided yet whether to run one among them first or operate the three routes together at once.”

Both JICA and City Hall stressed that these remain feasibility studies and that no investment proposals have been received to date.